2017 CODAawards Winners Represent the Best Site-Specific Art

By making site-specific art happen, CODAworx is on a mission to transform every space in the world. The Wisconsin-based organization, its name standing for Collaboration of Design + Art, runs an online forum, which connects artists, designers, and fabricators with would-be clients, and holds an annual competition, the CODAawards. Its aim is to celebrate the best design projects integrating commissioned artwork.

Residential winner: II by IV Design. A faceted screen of plastic laminate and polycarbonate integrating a concierge desk and a banquette at a Toronto apartment building. Photography by Greg Pacek.

Landscape winner: Gill Gatfield. The Kiss, a pair of 2-ton slabs of granite polished to a sheen capable of reflecting visitors to "Sculpture by the Sea" in Aarhus, Denmark. Image courtesy of "Sculpture by the Sea," Denmark.

People's Choice winner: Re:Site Studio and Metalab. In the car-rental facility at El Paso International Airport, a mandala-inspired hanging sculpture, Radiance, in acrylic and dichroic film. Photography by Scott Weaver.

Education winner: Spannungsfeld by Julian Voss-Andreae. Photography by Patrick Siegrist. Located at the new Physics and Nanotechnology Building at the University of Minnesota, Spannungsfeld examines the human body through the lens of quantum physics.

Institutional winner: Facade Festival by Go2 Productions. Photography by Dennis Ha. A dynamic projection transformed the Vancouver Art Gallery's facade with the work of five local contemporary artists.

People's Choice winner: Roots of Knowledge by Holdman Studios. Image courtesy of CODAworx. Located in the Bingham Gallery of the Fulton Library at Utah Valley University, Roots of Knowledge tells the story of humans gaining knowledge through recorded history with 43,000 pieces of cut, hand-painted, carved, fused, and blown glass.